A. Douglas Melamed, Former Head of DOJ Antitrust - WilmerHale
A. Douglas Melamed, Former Head of DOJ Antitrust - WilmerHale
A. Douglas Melamed, Former Head of DOJ Antitrust - WilmerHale
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br />
Contact: William J. Perlstein (202-663-6274)<br />
A. DOUGLAS MELAMED, FORMER HEAD<br />
OF <strong>DOJ</strong> ANTITRUST DIVISION,<br />
JOINS WILMER, CUTLER & PICKERING<br />
April 26, 2001 -- Washington, D.C. -- Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering is pleased to announce that<br />
A. <strong>Douglas</strong> <strong>Melamed</strong>, the former Acting Assistant Attorney General in charge <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Antitrust</strong><br />
Division, is returning to the Firm as a partner. Mr. <strong>Melamed</strong> joins the Firm’s <strong>Antitrust</strong> and<br />
Competition Practice Group, which consists <strong>of</strong> 50 full-time competition lawyers divided evenly<br />
between the United States and Europe.<br />
Prior to heading the <strong>Antitrust</strong> Division, Mr. <strong>Melamed</strong> served as Principal Deputy Assistant<br />
Attorney General from October 1996 to September 2000. During his 4½-year tenure at the<br />
<strong>Antitrust</strong> Division, he was responsible for civil non-merger and merger investigations and<br />
litigation involving, at various times, most <strong>of</strong> the Division’s litigating sections. His appellate<br />
litigation responsibilities extended to both civil and criminal antitrust cases and amicus briefs in<br />
the Supreme Court and lower courts. Internationally, he worked with current WCP partner<br />
Chuck Stark, then section chief <strong>of</strong> the Foreign Commerce Section, in negotiating bilateral and<br />
multilateral agreements with foreign competition agencies, representing the United States at the<br />
OECD, WTO and other international forums, and coordinating transnational civil and criminal<br />
antitrust investigations. In addition, Mr. <strong>Melamed</strong> was responsible for policy matters involving,<br />
among others, the electricity and tobacco industries.<br />
William J. Kolasky, Co-Chairman <strong>of</strong> WCP’s <strong>Antitrust</strong> and Competition Practice Group,<br />
commented: “Doug is one <strong>of</strong> the leading antitrust thinkers and practitioners <strong>of</strong> our generation.<br />
The period in which he and Joel Klein headed up the Justice Department’s <strong>Antitrust</strong> Division is<br />
justifiably viewed as a Golden Age <strong>of</strong> <strong>Antitrust</strong>.”<br />
William J. Perlstein, Chairman <strong>of</strong> the Firm’s Management Committee, said: “We are thrilled that<br />
Doug is rejoining us. He is one <strong>of</strong> the true leaders <strong>of</strong> the antitrust bar. We already have one <strong>of</strong><br />
the leading antitrust/competition practices in the United States and Europe; and Doug’s return,<br />
along with our recent additions <strong>of</strong> Chuck Stark from Justice and Veronica Kayne from the FTC,<br />
will give us an unparalleled ability to serve our clients’ needs both in Washington and in<br />
Brussels.”<br />
Before joining the <strong>Antitrust</strong> Division, Mr. <strong>Melamed</strong> was a partner <strong>of</strong> Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering<br />
and served as Chairman <strong>of</strong> the Firm’s <strong>Antitrust</strong> and Consumer Protection Practice Group. He<br />
has been the Distinguished Visitor from Practice and an Adjunct Pr<strong>of</strong>essor at the Georgetown
University Law Center. He is the author <strong>of</strong> numerous articles on antitrust and on law-andeconomics,<br />
including the seminal article Property Rules, Liability Rules and Inalienability – One<br />
View <strong>of</strong> the Cathedral, 85 Harvard Law Review 1089 (1972), co-authored with Guido Calabresi.<br />
Mr. <strong>Melamed</strong> received his B.A. from Yale University (magna cum laude) in 1967 and his J.D.<br />
(cum laude) from Harvard in 1970, where he was an editor <strong>of</strong> the Harvard Law Review.<br />
Following law school, he clerked for the Honorable Charles M. Merrill <strong>of</strong> the United States<br />
Court <strong>of</strong> Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.<br />
The return <strong>of</strong> Mr. <strong>Melamed</strong> to WCP reflects the continued expansion <strong>of</strong> the Firm’s integrated<br />
transatlantic antitrust and competition practice. Mr. <strong>Melamed</strong>’s expertise in non-merger<br />
investigations and litigation, particularly in the technology, telecommunications and financial<br />
services sectors, as well as his experience in the merger review process, will complement the<br />
expertise <strong>of</strong> the Firm’s European competition practices. Just as the Firm’s clients have enjoyed<br />
having a single firm responsible for all merger clearances to ensure consistency and unity <strong>of</strong><br />
purpose in the face <strong>of</strong> ever increasing cooperation among competition authorities, the addition <strong>of</strong><br />
Mr. <strong>Melamed</strong> enhances WCP’s ability to provide comprehensive and cutting-edge advice on<br />
transatlantic civil and criminal investigations and litigation.<br />
Key cases on which WCP lawyers in Europe and the United States have recently cooperated,<br />
include the AOL/Time Warner, Tetra Laval/Sidel, Unilever/Bestfoods, and Deutsche Telekom/<br />
VoiceStream/Powertel mergers; the dominance investigations <strong>of</strong> Coca-Cola and Network<br />
Solutions; civil investigations into the Lufthansa alliances; antitrust litigation in the technology,<br />
securities and German coal industries; and several successfully concluded (and therefore<br />
confidential) cartel investigations.<br />
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Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering is an international law firm with <strong>of</strong>fices in Washington, D.C., New<br />
York, London, Brussels, Berlin, Northern Virginia and Baltimore. The firm has more than 400<br />
lawyers engaged in a broad practice spanning the full range <strong>of</strong> corporate transactions, regulatory<br />
work, high-stakes litigation, cross-border transactions, and international arbitration.
Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering’s <strong>Antitrust</strong> & Competition Practice<br />
With more than 50 antitrust and competition lawyers in the firm’s Washington, New York, Brussels,<br />
London and Berlin <strong>of</strong>fices, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering <strong>of</strong>fers tremendous breadth, depth and experience<br />
on virtually every type <strong>of</strong> competition issue. Our ability to address our clients’ antitrust concerns before<br />
the leading antitrust authorities in the U.S. and Europe and to provide tightly coordinated strategic advice<br />
has become an invaluable service to clients.<br />
We foster an integrated practice by regularly working together on client matters, providing leading-edge<br />
communications technologies, and rotating partners and associates between <strong>of</strong>fices based on project needs<br />
and longer term assignments. We have complemented our own competencies before the Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Justice, Federal Trade Commission, European Commission, German Bundeskartellamt and UK Office <strong>of</strong><br />
Fair Trading with a well-developed network <strong>of</strong> leading antitrust practitioners around the world and<br />
reinforced their skills with the international relationships that our partner Chuck Stark forged in twenty<br />
years as head <strong>of</strong> the Department <strong>of</strong> Justice’s international unit.<br />
Our U.S. Lawyers<br />
Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering <strong>of</strong>fers one <strong>of</strong> the premier antitrust practices in the United States. Bill<br />
Kolasky is one <strong>of</strong> the leading members <strong>of</strong> the U.S. antitrust bar and represents a variety <strong>of</strong> major U.S. and<br />
multi-national corporations in both merger and civil and criminal non-merger antitrust matters. For<br />
example, he has represented Price Waterhouse in its merger with Coopers & Lybrand, and represented<br />
AlliedSignal in its acquisition <strong>of</strong> Honeywell. He has served as an <strong>of</strong>ficer <strong>of</strong> the ABA <strong>Antitrust</strong> Section<br />
and written numerous articles on U.S. and international antitrust matters. Robert Bell counsels clients on<br />
a variety <strong>of</strong> civil and criminal antitrust matters and has extensive experience in trans-national merger<br />
clearance. Among his clients are Kodak and Unimin and he has also brought significant and successful<br />
antitrust qui tam actions. Loring Jetton has extensive antitrust counseling and litigation experience in<br />
both government and private matters and has handled U.S. antitrust matters for foreign governments.<br />
Veronica Kayne recently joined Wilmer from the Federal Trade Commission where she was Assistant<br />
Director <strong>of</strong> the Bureau <strong>of</strong> Competition in charge <strong>of</strong> the Anticompetitive Practices Division. In this role<br />
she was in charge <strong>of</strong> the investigation and litigation <strong>of</strong> civil non-merger matters at the FTC. Prior to<br />
joining the FTC, Ms. Kayne had extensive experience in private practice in both merger and non-merger<br />
matters. Jim Lowe , who served for four years in the <strong>Antitrust</strong> Division early in his career, counsels<br />
clients on all aspects <strong>of</strong> antitrust and has substantial experience in mergers and government investigations,<br />
especially in the communications, transportation and industrial equipment industries. Ali Stoeppelwerth<br />
focuses her practice on antitrust counseling and litigation, particularly in the securities, media, and<br />
aviation industries. She has represented investment houses, a stock exchange, newspapers and major<br />
international air carriers. Jim Campbell, a tremendously experienced antitrust lawyer, was one <strong>of</strong> the<br />
principal drafters <strong>of</strong> the first Merger Guidelines, as well as the Tunney Act which regulates the settlement<br />
<strong>of</strong> antitrust actions brought by the Department <strong>of</strong> Justice. He has particularly focused on the competition<br />
aspects <strong>of</strong> international aviation on both sides <strong>of</strong> the Atlantic, while also representing clients in a variety<br />
<strong>of</strong> other industries.<br />
The practice is supported in the U.S. by more than ten junior lawyers and two counsel. Lee Greenfield<br />
has significant litigation and investigatory experience. He has also managed teams in multinational<br />
merger reviews. Janet Ridge is one <strong>of</strong> the country’s leading experts on the workings <strong>of</strong> the U.S. premerger<br />
notification system under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. In addition, she leads the Firm’s<br />
coordination <strong>of</strong> worldwide merger filings and clearance for multi-national transactions.<br />
In addition to this core group <strong>of</strong> lawyers, a number <strong>of</strong> members <strong>of</strong> the Wilmer’s litigation practice have<br />
extensive experience in both government and private civil litigation, including Steve Hut, John
Rounsaville, Randy Moss, Gary Wilson, Tom Connell and Ted Killory. Partners in other regulatory<br />
practices in the Firm also have substantial competition law experience in their respective fields, including<br />
Ron Greene in the Financial Services practice, Bill Lake in the Communications practice, and Sheila<br />
Cheston in the International Aerospace, Defense and Aviation practice.<br />
The Firm also has extensive experience in handling criminal antitrust matters. Three partners in our New<br />
York <strong>of</strong>fice are former senior Assistant United States Attorneys: Paul Engelmayer, Lewis Liman and<br />
Peter Vigeland. Messrs. Engelmayer and Vigeland have each recently represented clients in antitrust<br />
grand jury matters or related litigation. In addition, in Washington, John Rounsaville has represented<br />
numerous clients in grand jury matters; Jim Lowe participated in criminal prosecutions while at the<br />
<strong>Antitrust</strong> Division and has represented clients in grand jury investigations, as have other partners in the<br />
Firm’s antitrust group.<br />
Our European Lawyers<br />
The Brussels <strong>of</strong>fice is the hub <strong>of</strong> the Firm’s European competition practice and is staffed by lawyers<br />
qualified in nine countries: Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, the<br />
United States, and Canada. The practice has handled virtually every type <strong>of</strong> competition issue<br />
representing high pr<strong>of</strong>ile clients in a wide range <strong>of</strong> sectors including communications, IT, media, aviation,<br />
financial services and electronic products and services as well as the more traditional consumer products<br />
and manufacturing industries.<br />
Andreas Weitbrecht and John Ratliff lead the practice and are seasoned antitrust practitioners with a<br />
wealth <strong>of</strong> experience in a broad range <strong>of</strong> competition issues. Mr. Weitbrecht has been involved in<br />
numerous proceedings before the German Bundeskartellamt, German and European courts and the<br />
European Commission. He is noted for complex cartel defense work, as well as for his EC merger<br />
clearance work. Mr. Ratliff has been involved in most types <strong>of</strong> competition proceedings both in Brussels<br />
and at national competition authority level in various Member States. He has also been involved in<br />
several leading merger and joint venture cases, represented numerous complainants and also organized<br />
compliance programs for multinational corporations across Europe. Jean-Michel Coumes, an<br />
experienced French and EC competition counsel, compliments and supports their practices.<br />
Thomas Mueller and Chuck Stark form the core <strong>of</strong> the <strong>of</strong>fice’s transatlantic practice. Mr. Mueller, as<br />
U.S.-trained competition lawyer was resident in Brussels for the past three years and now splits his time<br />
between the Firm’s Brussels and Washington <strong>of</strong>fices, working almost exclusively on European matters.<br />
Mr. Stark joined WCP’s Brussels <strong>of</strong>fice in February after serving as head <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Antitrust</strong> Division’s<br />
Foreign Commerce Section for over 20 years and thereby having been instrumental in most <strong>of</strong> <strong>DOJ</strong>’s<br />
major international antitrust initiatives. They, along with Eric Mahr, an experienced antitrust and<br />
litigation counsel, advise clients on transatlantic merger clearance and dominance investigations, as well<br />
as counsel on contractual arrangements.<br />
Christian Duvernoy has been based in the Brussels <strong>of</strong>fice since 1990 and divides his time between<br />
competition and telecommunications issues. In his 10 years <strong>of</strong> experience in EC practice, Mr.<br />
Duvernoy has been involved before DG Competition on virtually every significant telecommunications<br />
merger, as well as on competition challenges to regulatory frameworks and incumbent operator practices.<br />
Issues stemming from the interface between competition and trade law are handled by Marc Hansen,<br />
who heads the European Trade law practice and advises government and private sector clients on WCO,<br />
WTO and EU trade and intellectual property law, and Chuck Stark, who served as a U.S. delegate to
Trade and Competition Policy bodies <strong>of</strong> the OECD and WTO, together with Jean-Paul Poitras, who is<br />
counsel to WCP.<br />
Our German competition practice is staffed by lawyers in both the Berlin and Brussels <strong>of</strong>fices, who<br />
have participated in all types <strong>of</strong> proceedings before the German Bundeskartellamt or Federal Cartel<br />
Office. Partic ular emphasis <strong>of</strong> the practice has been on merger control and the competition law issues in<br />
recently deregulated industries. Andreas Weitbrecht together with Sven Voelcker, counsel to WCP,<br />
regularly represent a large number <strong>of</strong> clients before the Bundeskartellamt.<br />
John Kallaugher leads the London-based UK competition practice. He has been practicing antitrust<br />
law with the Firm since 1982, both before the European Commission and under domestic UK competition<br />
law. Mr. Kallaugher is particularly experienced in abuse <strong>of</strong> dominance and parallel trade cases and is<br />
Visiting Pr<strong>of</strong>essor at University College London where he teaches Comparative U.S. <strong>Antitrust</strong> Law and<br />
EC Competition Law.<br />
Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering’s European competition practice includes nine partners and four counsel<br />
supported by some 18 associates. Six partners and four counsel are resident in the Brussels <strong>of</strong>fice.